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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 933
School Sport and Physical Education
MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 17 August 1993:
What has been the result of undertakings given concerning physical education and sport in schools including (a) ways to provide more primary school teachers with such skills; (b) a review of elite sport in schools,, including greater involvement by community organisations and (c) a representative of ACTSPORT joining the Departments Consultative Committee on-Physical Education and Sport.
MR WOOD - The answer to Mr Cornwells question is:
My Department has been particularly active in supporting and raising the profile of physical education and sport in ACT government schools. Progress is being made in relation to all the points raised in your question.
In June this year ACTSPORT was invited to nominate a representative to join the Departments Physical Education and Sport Consultative Committee. Since that time Mr Tony Naar the Executive Director of ACTSPORT has been an active member of the committee.
The work of the committee on developing a strategic. plan for the provision of physical education and sport for students in ACT government schools over the next three years is almost complete. The contribution made by Mr Naar and other representatives on the committee from major interest groups in school physical education and sport has been most valuable. My Department has developed cordial relations between school and community sporting organisations.
In relation to the other points you raised, both elite sport and the provision of teacher professional development and training are issues addressed by this committee in developing the strategic plan. Following on from developing the plan, elite sport in schools will be reviewed with the provision of support for participation in interstate representative sport at both primary and secondary levels .being considered. My Department will continue to. consult and involve key interest groups and community organisations in this process through both the Consultative Committee and the ACT School Sports Council which is responsible for overseeing ACT participation in interstate representative sport
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